Deck progress

Well, we are making progress on the deck! The main part was completed last Monday, and over the next couple of days we got the rest of the 350 screws into the decking boards. Then Thursday night and this afternoon we worked on the railing, and we've got two sides completed! We're not sure of the placement/width of the stairs yet, so we haven't done anything on the third side yet. We're seriously considering not putting stairs on the deck at all - I had a friend visiting this week and we sat in the sun on the deck while the kids all played in the back yard five feet below us, and they couldn't get up to us to bug us! (Okay, no, we're not really going to leave it without stairs...but it was a pleasant afternoon!)